Aaron Paul Xbox One Ad Accidentally Activating Consoles

You might not know him personally, but Aaron Paul has the powerful ability to turn on your Xbox one.

Microsoft pushes its Kinect sensor as the perfect gaming and entertainment companion - from a vast array of in-game abilities like recording video and taking pictures to helping you navigate to just the right movie or TV show.

It appears, however, that it might work a bit too well.

Some users are reporting that a new commercial for the Xbox One featuring Breaking Bad alumnus Aaron Paul is accidentally activating their consoles. In the spot, Paul gives the "Xbox on" command to turn on his Xbox One, but turns out he's also turning on the consoles of everyone watching the commercial at home, according to the BBC.

This isn't the first time that a commercial for Xbox accidentally activated the Kinect's voice commands. A video uploaded last November showed someone playing a commercial on their computer where the actress said "Xbox go to Dead Rising 3" and the user's own Xbox heard the command.

The perils of voice-activated TV was the subject of a 2011 episode of 30 Rock.

Rexly Peñaflorida II is the newest intern at PCMag and will attempt to consume as much tech knowledge as he can in addition to playing video games and watching lots of The West Wing on Netflix. He studies convergence journalism at the University of Missouri. Follow him on Twitter @Heirdeux.
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